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The Association is a non-profit organization formed by volunteers who
dedicate their free time to the protection and promotion of the natural
environment of this unique “wild” territory. Here is a short
introduction of this entity committed to support wilderness in central
Italy:

Our role is to support the Park, both for practical activities
and also for both naturalistic activities, such as environmental
monitoring. The particularly important is ongoing wildlife monitoring
(mapping, tracking and distribution).

Currently we are also engaged in collaboration with the Park and
the University of Perugia on a study to investigate the presence, and
areal distribution of small carnivores animals like wild cats and
martens.

The rare Temporaria frog

Wolf monitoring in NP Casentinesi Forests

Important part of our work is monitoring of distribution,
presence, and territory use of two wolves inside the park, using the
technique of snow-tracking. We carry out this work since March 2014.

We also carry out together with the Park, and other associations,
a thematic exhibition on the presence of the wolf in central Apennines
(including the territories of the Casentino Forests).

Wolf is dweller of
the Casentino Forests already for decades and was present here in a
small number. It is estimated that in 1970 they remained only 100
individuals of wolf - Canis Lupus Italicus.

The situation slightly
changed in the mid-eighties of the last century when wolf began the
re-colonization of the new territories and started to expand to the
north. This allowed the recovery of wolf population in the Alps and the
south east of France!

We are very happy and honoured to be able to cooperate with the
European Wildness Society and communicate uniqueness of our park

Through this Europe wide network, our intention is to establish a
fruitful cooperation for the benefit of conservation of the European
wilderness. We deeply believe that NP Casentino Forests has all
attributes and quality to contribute to the European Wilderness
Preservation System!